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SDA-2A + Monitor 10B Stereo
It all started with my grandparent's vintage 10Bs. Rather than see them chucked, I took them in. Well, of course then I needed a receiver... Thus the Carver was added from Craigslist... Well of course I kept browsing... Found the SDAs, couldn't pass them up... Well, here we are: two 5.75 foot high stacks of vintage Polk goodness! When will the madness end? The room is not great acoustically - a steel door behind and between the speakers, too narrow to properly space the speakers apart, and there's a little wall sticking out just in front of each speaker that I know is doing ugly things to the acoustics. Currently the quality of my sources is slowly catching up with the quality of the speakers and amplification - I added CDs and records over the holidays.
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The stacks with the grills on. These things are significantly taller than I am, and weigh more as well! This was taken before I cleaned my wiring up. |
Updated "naked" pic. I flipped the 10Bs upside down so the tweeters are close together. I have also added "feet" to both sets of speakers. This was taken after the 10Bs were plugged into the receiver. |
The carver and turntable. Yes, I know it looks goofy, and I know you're not really supposed to put the turntable there... Also in this pic is my ipod in its dock |
The CD player has been moved to the top of the printer because it's too shallow (front to back) for the turntable to sit on top of it. It barely fits here. This CD player will also not play burnt CDs, even though my dad's 1980s Denon CD player will play those exact same disks with no problems. If anyone knows a workaround please PM me. |
A 5 year old or so Dell I have plugged in as a tape deck. My intention is to convert my dad's favorite records to CD - this is the deal we struck that let me have his turntable :) The computer has a Soundblaster 5.1 sound card, which is not half bad for audio work. |
My CD collection stacked vertically. Don't mind the toothbrush. |
The sound system I'm in charge of at my church :) |
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Receiver
- Carver HR-752
Sources
- iPod
- Computer
- half-broken CD player
- Denon DP-35F turntable
Speakers
- Vintage Polk Monitor 10B
- Polk SDA-2A